NBC Releases ‘To Catch a Predator’ Host Chris Hansen

Longtime NBC newsman and memorable “Dateline” segment host Chris Hansen has left the network — and TheWrap newsroom had some fun imagining how his departure was handled.

(Hansen’s “To Catch a Predator,” in which he confronted men who tried to set up sexual encounters with children, was a ratings success in the mid-2000s — but was discontinued in 2007 after one man caught in a sting committed suicide.)